A federal judge ordered the government Thursday to shut down any new construction at “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s new migrant detention camp — but allowed it to keep current operations going.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee to the court in southern Florida, issued her ruling during a hearing and promised a written opinion to follow, laying out her reasons.
Her order will last two weeks, giving her time to consider the broader issues, but it signals a skepticism of Florida’s actions in constructing the facility in the Everglades.
Florida pursued the project as a way of helping deliver more detention space to Homeland Security to hold illegal immigrants pending deportation. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ushered President Trump around the facility ahead of its opening early last month.
It was constructed on the property of Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Everglades — a location that drew the lawsuit from environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, which said the state had to pave over sensitive areas and the constant lights required for safety are disrupting local wildlife.
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Immigrant rights groups have labeled construction of the facility “racist.”
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